Good start to an early harvest

[jackb]

As the sun gets higher, the temperature in the greenhouse is in the sixties around 11:30 am. Even though the temperature outdoors is slightly above freezing, I put the tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse to enjoy the sun. There is a four inch pepper on the pepper plant and a few small tomatoes on the Mountain Princess plants, so I may have a very early crop this year.

 

[catjac1975]

Yum, Yum, Yum.!

 

[ducks4you]

Lucky dog--Congrats!! I like the picture bc it shows how to do a greenhouse in a temperate zone. Thanks for that, too.

 

[catjac1975]

As the sun gets higher, the temperature in the greenhouse is in the sixties around 11:30 am. Even though the temperature outdoors is slightly above freezing, I put the tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse to enjoy the sun. There is a four inch pepper on the pepper plant and a few small tomatoes on the Mountain Princess plants, so I may have a very early crop this year.

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp121/hydrogardener/22012.jpg

Do you add heat to it?

 

[jackb]

As the sun gets higher, the temperature in the greenhouse is in the sixties around 11:30 am. Even though the temperature outdoors is slightly above freezing, I put the tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse to enjoy the sun. There is a four inch pepper on the pepper plant and a few small tomatoes on the Mountain Princess plants, so I may have a very early crop this year.

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp121/hydrogardener/22012.jpg

Do you add heat to it?

The plants in the photo were grown indoors under lights, I place them in the greenhouse, when possible, to get the heat and sun and save on lighting. On the first of March, I will start tomatoes and cucumbers for the greenhouse and plants for my soil garden. I will begin using the greenhouse in late April, and, at that point I will have a small heater with a thermostat and timer that will run at night if necessary. Upstate New York had a very mild winter this year; last year I could not even get to the greenhouse until mid March due to the snow on the ground. We have had virtually no snow this year, when normally we get about six feet or more. I plan on growing the plants in the photo to maturity in the greenhouse, and they will be replaced when they have passed their peak.

Jack B.